Bag-holder.



Patented May 10, 1910.

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BURNETT BUSH, OF KENNEDY, NEW YORK.

BAG-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 31, 1909.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BURNETT BUSH, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Kennedy, in the county of Chautauqua and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Bag-Holder, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Among the principal objects which the present invention has in view are: to .provide a bag holder to hold the opening or top of a bag square and in an inclined position; to provide a holder for a bag which will yield to the variation in length caused by the filling of the bag; and to provide a structure which is light, simple and efficient.

One embodiment of the present invention is disclosed in the accompanying drawings, in which similar characters of reference denote corresponding parts in all the views, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bag holder constructed in accordance with this invention; Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail in side elevation of a fragment of the guide arms and resilient carrying rods; and Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the bag holder illustrated in Fig. 1.

It is desirable to hold the mouth of a bag while being filled so that the forward edge of the said mouth is depressed below the rear edge thereof. It is to satisfy this desire that I incline the holding arms 4-f.- These are formed from suitable rod material, square or round, and bent downwardly to form the arms l4, as illustrated at Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings. From the ends of the arms ll the rod is ex tended to form the guide members 55, which are extended through loops 6-6 formed in supporting rods 77. The supporting rods 77 are four in number and are mounted in a platform 8 to stand erect thereupon. The platform 8 may be provided with thimbles 9-9, as shown in the drawings, to form sockets to receive the lower ends of the rods 77, extended under the platform, the under sections forming a bracing for the members constituting the platform.

As stated, the guide members 5-5 are passed downward through the loops 66. The members 5-5 are bent to form in themselves the loops 101O which infold the rods 7-7. By means of the loops 6-6 formed on the rods 7''(' infolding the guide members 5-5, and the loops 101O formed on the guide members 55 infolding the rods 77, there is formed a sliding guided construction for the members 5-5 and the arms et%t. The members 5, 5, the arm 4 and loops 10, 10 on each side of the apparatus are formed from a single rod. Between the loops 66 and the loops 10-l0 the rods are extended between the rods 77 and the members 5, 5 at each side of the platform. It is between the cross braces 11 and 12 thus formed that there is extended the expansion spring 13 which is rigidly attached to each of the side cross bracing members. The operating of the spring 13 when in this position it is obvious, is to raise the members 55 and arms llconnected therewith. If the bag be suspended from the arms it is equally obvious that it will be supported upon the springs 13 13. From the inner surface of the arms 44.- are extended spurs 14L1 l, two or more of which are provided on each of the arms The rods 7*7 are formed substantially as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, in such manner that when set in the platform 8 the tops of the rods 7-'? and the guide members 55 and arms 4-l are extended away from each other as shown in a somewhat exaggerated manner in the said Fig. 3 of the drawings.

Vith an apparatus thus constructed the operation is as follows: The one side of the bag is extended under the one of the arms ll and secured upon the spurs 14t-14l there provided. The opposite arm 4: is then drawn into position where the opposite side of the bag may be extended under the back of the said arm 4: and inserted over the spurs 141 l. On releasing the arms 4-i the rods 77 endeavor to assume their normal position, and in doing so draw against the mouth of the bag, drawing the sides thereof taut. In the usual construction the bag is a little short of the length necessary to touch the platform 8, but in the beginning of the operation of filling the first partial load introduced into the bag increases the weight sufiieiently to extend the springs 1313 to allow the bag to touch and rest upon the platform. It will be understood that the weight of the bag and its contents is carried on the platform 8, and not on the arms 4 4. As the bag is filled the vertical height of the sides is necessarily shortened, and it is to accommodate this that, as the strain is transferred to the springs lit-13, these yield, permitting the mouth or edge of the opening to depress to accommodate the bulkier or shorter dimensions of the bag. When the bag is filled the arms tl are caused to approach each other to relieve the strain upon the mouth of the bag, and the edges thereof are raised out of contact with the spurs 14714: and pass downward and from under the arms The bag is now filled and may be removed to give place to a succeeding bag. It will be understood that in this operation the position of the mouth of the bag wherein the forward end of the same is depressed has facilitatedthe operator, particularly in loading the bag with certain forms of material which are dumped into the bag, such, for example, as grain.

In some instances it is found desirable to depress the arms 4.l at the beginning of the operation of filling. It is to hold the arms in the depressed position that I have pivotally mounted at 16, upon the rods 5, the latches l515. The latches l515 pass under, in looking engagement, the loops 6-6 on the rods 77 to form guides for the rods 55. The latches hold against the tension of the springs 1313. When suficient material has been placed in the bags to steady the same, the latches 15 are released from engagement with the loops 66, lifting the said latches by the ends 17 thereof.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A bag holder comprising a plurality of holding arms set in an inclined position depressed toward the front of the said holder; guide members integrally formed with said arms and depended therefrom and provided at the lower end with loops; a plurality of supporting rods mounted vertically and eX- tended through said loops and being provided at the upper ends of said rods with loops infolding said guide members, said rods being formed to normally spread to separate the said holding arms each from the other; a platform to hold said supporting rods; cross braces extended between said loops; and expansion springs connecting the said cross braces to normally maintain the said holding arms in a raised position.

2. A bag holder comprising a plurality of holding arms set in an inclined position depressed toward the front of said holder; guide members integrally formed with said holding arms and depended therefrom; supporting rods for said arms slidably connected with said guide members; means for elevating the said arms upon the said supporting rods; and a latch mounted on the said arms to engage the said rods to hold the said arms in depressed position.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

BURNETT BUSH. Witnesses EARL N. CRoss, ARTHUR R. CoNLnr. 

